Birth: 13 July 1894 Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Father: James R Cooper 1862-a1940
Mother: Ada Steves Oram 1867-a1941
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 1922 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Wife: Ina L Reed 1900-1979
Death: 3 June 1967 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Buried: Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Muriel Ona Cooper 1923-a1944
Glendon Ira Cooper 1930-2019
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 Oliver Lloyde Cooper in 1894 in Somerville. "Cooper [...] Oliver Lloyde in Somerville in 1894 (21 110). Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1840-1915 for Oliver Lloyde Cooper on 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts, parents James R Cooper and Ada S Oram. "Corrections in the Copies of Records of Births returned to the Secretary of the Commonwealth from the City of [illrgible] for the Year eighteen hundred ninety four ~1390 July 13, 1894 Oliver Lloyde Cooper born in Somerville. father James R, a Leather dealer born in England, and Ada S Oram born in St John, , N.B. dated Oct 3 1910".
His two brothers were born in Canton, Maine in 1897 and 1899.
In the 1900 census as Oliver L Cooper aged 5, born in July 1893 (4 is overwritten by 3) in Massachusetts, and living with his parents (James R born in England and Ada S born in Canada), and five brothers (Chester H, Charles M, Harrold J, Manfred, and Waldo E) in Main Street, Canton, Oxford, Maine.
His sister and brother were born in Canton, Maine in 1900 and 1903, but his two sisters were born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1905 and 1908.
In the 1910 census as Oliver L Cooper aged 15, born in Massachusetts, an apprentice at a leather finishing factory, and living with his parents (James B born in England and Ada S born in Canada), six brothers (Chester H, Charles M, James H, Manford, Ralston D and Waldo) and three sisters (Bernice M, Mabel R and Violet V) at 24 Lyris Street, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
His brother was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1910.
Entry in Ancestry U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 for Oliver Lloyd Cooper born on 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts, medium tall, slender build, brown eyes, dark haie, not bald and not disabled, a machinist at the Hood Public Company, Watertown, Massachusetts, and living in South Boston, Suffolk.
In the Ancestry Marlborough, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1918 as Cooper Oliver L (service) 16 Myrtle James R (father?) was living at the same address.
In the 1920 census as Oliver L Cooper aged 20, born in Massachusetts, single, a foreman in a tannery, and living with his parents (James R born in England and Ada Sborn in New Brunswick), three brothers (Alton B, Ralston and Waldo E), and three sisters (Bernice, Mable R and Violet V) at 16 Myrtle Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970 for Oliver Lloyd Cooper in Lowell (sic). "Index to Marriages in Massachusetts 1921-1925 Cooper [...] Oliver Lloyd in Westborough in 1922 (60 319)".
His daughter was born in Westborough in 1923, parents Oliner L Cooper and Ino L Peed (the orginal is somewhat illegible - place of birth is 80 South Street).
In the Ancestry Marlborough, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1925 and 1927 as Cooper Oliver L emp 12 Beach h80 South.
His son was born at 80 South Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts in 1930, parents Oliver S Cooper, an engineer born in Somerville, Massachusetts and Ina S Reed born in Rumney, New Hampshire. The L's on the original look like S's.
In the 1930 census as Oliver L Cooper aged 35, born in Massachusetts, father was born in England and mother in New Brunswick, employed as a fireman (should this be foreman?) in a factory, and living with his wife (Ina L), son (Glendon T) and daughter (Muriel O) at 80 South Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts - his own house valued at $2800.
In the Ancestry Marlborough, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1930, 1931 and 1934 as Cooper Oliver L emp 12 Beach h80 South.
In the 1940 census as Oliver L Cooper aged 45, born in Massachusetts, a station engineer in leather manufacturing, and living witth his wife (Ina L), son (Glenden I) and daughter (Mureil O) at 80 South Street, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts his own house valued at $4000. He worked for 48 weeks for $1200. Two other families rented rooms at this address including Jasper R and Ada S Cooper - aged 77 born in England and 72 born in Canada I assume these were his parents.
In the Ancestry Marlborough, Massachusetts, City Directory, 1941 as Cooper Oliver L emp 12 Beach h80 South - Mrs Ada (mother?) was living at the same address.
Entry in the Ancestry U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 for Oliver Lloyd Cooper born on 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts, and living at 80 South Street, Westboro, Worcester, Massachusett. He was employed by Chester Mason of 10 Parkman Street in Milk Street, Westboro. Height 5 ft 4 inches, weight 138 lbs, hazel eyes, brown hair, dark complexion and an accident to first finger on his right hand. Next of Kin Mrs Oliver Cooper of 80 South St, Westboro, Mass. Dated 26 April 1942 at Grafton Town Hall, Worcester, Massachusett.
Entry in Ancestry Massachusetts, Death Index, 1901-1980 for Oliver L Cooper died in 1967 in Westborough. "Cooper Oliver L aged 72 in Westboorough in 67 (113 153).
Entry in Ancestry Social Security Death Index for Oliver Cooper born on 13 July 1894, social security number 025-05-3033 issued in Massachusetts (before 1951), who died in June 1967, last residence 01581 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts.
Entry in Find a Grave for Oliver Lloyd Cooper born 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA, parents James Ricketts Cooper and Ada Steves Oram Cooper, siblings Waldo Emerson Cooper and Manford Cooper, wife Ina Leone Reed Cooper, died 3 June 1967 in Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and buried in Pine Grove Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. On a headstone "Heath/1840 Ina O Heath 1933/Sister?)/1848 Jennie L 1925/1873B B. J. Reed 1931/1894 Oliver L Cooper 1967//His Wife/1900 Ina L Reed 1979" and on a slab /Oliver Lloyd Cooper/Massachusettes/PVT Medical Department/World War I/July 13 1894 June 3 1967".
There are thirty eight entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Oliver Lloyd Cooper.
Allen Morgan has an entry in RootsWeb WorldConnect for Oliver Loyd Cooper born on 13 July 1894 in Somerville, Massachusetts, parents James R Cooper and Ada Steves Oram, and his death in June 1967 in Westboro, Massachusetts.
Oliver Lloyd Cooper was the husband of Ina L Reed, daughter of Clara Melissa Heath, wife of Cornelius Teasdale, husband of Emily Croucher, my grandaunt.
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